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Session H1: Ultracold Atoms in the Presence of Artificial Magnetic and Spin-orbit Fields

Chair: Han Pu, Rice University
Room: 200A

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 11:00AM		H1.00001: Who is the Lord of the Rings in the Zeeman-spin-orbit Saga: Majorana, Dirac or Lifshitz? Invited Speaker: Carlos Sa de Melo Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		H1.00002: Spin-orbit Coupled Fermi Gases and Heavy Solitons in Fermionic Superfluids Invited Speaker: Lawrence Cheuk Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H1.00003: How can we probe the atom mass currents induced by synthetic gauge fields? Arun Paramekanti, Matthew Killi, Stefan Trotzky Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H1.00004: Simulating an interacting gauge theory with ultracold Bose gases Matthew Edmonds, Manuel Valiente, Gediminas Juzeliunas, Luis Santos, Patrik Ohberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		H1.00005: Synthetic gauge fields in synthetic dimensions Gediminas Juzeliunas, Julius Ruseckas, Ian Spielman, Alessio Celi, Pietro Massignan, Maciej Lewenstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:06PM - 12:18PM		H1.00006: Artificial gauge fields in a triangular optical lattice allow for an Ising-XY phase transition Juliette Simonet, Julian Struck, Malte Weinberg, Christoph Oelschlaeger, Robert Hoeppner, Ludwig Mathey, Patrick Windpassinger, Klaus Sengstock, Andre Eckardt, Philipp Hauke, Maciej Lewenstein Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:18PM - 12:30PM		H1.00007: Universal Impurity-Induced Bound State in Topological Superfluids Lei Jiang, Hui Hu, Xia-Ji Liu, Han Pu, Yan Chen Preview Abstract

Session H2: Invited Session: Quantum Control of Atoms and New Nanostructures

Chair: Andre Bandrauk, University of Sherbrooke
Room: 200B

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 11:00AM		H2.00001: Surface Enhanced Quantum Control Invited Speaker: Chitra Rangan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		H2.00002: Quantum dots-plasmonics nanostructure hybrid nanosensors Invited Speaker: Ali Hatef Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:30AM - 12:00PM		H2.00003: Coherent manipulation of cold cesium atoms in a nanofiber-based two-color dipole trap Invited Speaker: Clement Sayrin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:00PM - 12:30PM		H2.00004: Trapped Atoms in One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals Invited Speaker: H. Jeff Kimble Preview Abstract

Session H3: Rydberg Interactions and Spectroscopy

Chair: Georg Raithel, University of Michigan
Room: 202

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H3.00001: Magnetic trapping of circular Rydberg atoms David Anderson, Andrew Schwarzkopf, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H3.00002: Observation of spatially ordered structures in a two-dimensional Rydberg gas Peter Schauss, Marc Cheneau, Manuel Endres, Takeshi Fukuhara, Sebastian Hild, Ahmed Omran, Johannes Zeiher, Thomas Pohl, Christian Gross, Stefan Kuhr, Immanuel Bloch Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H3.00003: Steady-state crystallization of Rydberg excitations in optically driven atomic ensembles Michael Hoening, David Petrosyan, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H3.00004: Crystallization of photons via light storage in Rydberg gases Matthias Moos, Johannes Otterbach, Dominik Muth, Michael Fleischhauer Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H3.00005: Quantum Manybody Physics with Rydberg Polaritons Jonathan Simon, Alex Georgakopoulos, Albert Ryou, Jia Ningyuan Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H3.00006: Rydberg gases at room temperature - coherent dynamics and interaction Robert Loew, Bernhard Huber, Andreas K\"olle, Thomas Baluktsian, Tilman Pfau Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H3.00007: Long-range spatial correlations in a driven-dissipative system of Rydberg atoms Anzi Hu, Tony Lee, Charles Clark Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		H3.00008: Measurement of time-varying electric fields near an atom chip using cold Rydberg atoms J.D. Carter, J.D.D. Martin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:06PM - 12:18PM		H3.00009: Photoionization of Rydberg atoms in a standing-wave light field Sarah E. Anderson, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:18PM - 12:30PM		H3.00010: Laser spectroscopy of Rydberg atoms in deep optical lattices Yun-Jhih Chen, Georg Raithel Preview Abstract

Session H4: Precision Measurements and Tests of Fundamental Physics I

Chair: Eric Hessels, York University
Room: 204

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H4.00001: Progress toward a search for a long-range spin-mass coupling Derek Jackson Kimball, Julian Valdez, Jordan Dudley, Claudio Sanchez, Cesar Rios Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H4.00002: Using geoelectrons to search for velocity-dependent spin-spin interactions Larry Hunter, Daniel Ang Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H4.00003: Precise measurement of the scalar polarizability of $^{115}$In within the $5P_{1/2} \rightarrow 6S_{1/2}$ transition using an atomic beam Protik Majumder, Gambhir Ranjit, Nathan Schine Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H4.00004: $7P_{1/2}$ hyperfine splitting in $^{206,207,209,213}$Fr and the hyperfine anomaly J. Zhang, L.A. Orozco, R. Collister, G. Gwinner, M. Tandecki, J.A. Behr, M.R. Pearson, E. Gomez, S. Aubin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H4.00005: Isotope shift measurements on the D1 line in francium isotopes at TRIUMF R. Collister, M. Tandecki, G. Gwinner, J.A. Behr, M.R. Pearson, E. Gomez, S. Aubin, J. Zhang, L.A. Orozco Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H4.00006: Kinetic Energy and Hidden Violations of the Equivalence Principle Michael Hohensee, Holger M\"uller Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H4.00007: Limits on violations of Lorentz symmetry and variation of the fine-structure constant using radio-frequency spectroscopy of atomic dysprosium Nathan Leefer, Michael Hohensee, Christian Weber, Dmitry Budker, Celal Harabati, Vladimir Dzuba, Victor Flambaum Preview Abstract

Session H5: Focus Session: Applications of Atomic Collisions and Spectroscopy

Chair: Morty Khakoo, California State University, Fullerton
Room: 301

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 11:00AM		H5.00001: EBIT spectroscopy of highly charged heavy ions relevant to hot plasmas Invited Speaker: Nobuyuki Nakamura Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:00AM - 11:12AM		H5.00002: Momentum Imaging of the Dynamics of Dissociative Electron Attachment to Uracil Dan Slaughter, Yu Kawarai, Thorsten Weber, Yoshiro Azuma, Carl Winstead, Vince McKoy, Ali Belkacem Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:12AM - 11:24AM		H5.00003: SELF: Fast Ion Surface Energy Loss in the Wake Fields of Solid Foils Gordon Berry, Tapan Nandi, Kumar Haris Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:24AM - 11:54AM		H5.00004: High precision atomic data for halo nuclei and related nuclear structure Invited Speaker: Wilfried N\"ortersh\"auser Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		H5.00005: A microfabricated hyperpolarized Xe source Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Daniel Kennedy, Michael Rosenbluh, Elizabeth Donley, Svenja Knappe, Scott Seltzer, Hattie Ring, Brian Patton, Vikram Bajaj, Alexander Pines, John Kitching Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:06PM - 12:18PM		H5.00006: Recent advances in the use of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a rapid point-of-care pathogen diagnostic Steven Rehse, Daniel Trojand, Russell Putnam, Derek Gillies, Ryan Woodman, Khadija Sheikh, Andrew Daabous Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:18PM - 12:30PM		H5.00007: Elastic and inelastic transmission of electrons through tapered glass capillaries S.J. Wickramarachchi, D. Keerthisinghe, B.S. Dassanayake, J.A. Tanis, T. Ikeda Preview Abstract

Session H6: Intense Field Filamentation and Acceleration

Chair: See Leang Chin, Université Laval
Room: 302

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 10:42AM		H6.00001: Fast Shape Evolution of Laser Filaments in the Wake of Femtosecond Driving Pulse Dmitri Romanov, Robert Levis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:42AM - 10:54AM		H6.00002: Modification of ellipticity of light propagating in air Ladan Arissian, Shermineh Rostami, Jean Claude Diels Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:54AM - 11:06AM		H6.00003: Observation of molecular alignment by impulsively excited rotational wavepacket in $O_2$ and $N_2$ using scattered probe pulse Sima Hosseini, Ali Azarm, See Leang Chin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:06AM - 11:18AM		H6.00004: Direct measurements of the nonlinear refractive index at high intensity in gases Jared Wahlstrand, Yu-Hsiang Cheng, Sina Zahedpour, Howard Milchberg Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:18AM - 11:30AM		H6.00005: Higher-Order Nonlinearity of Refractive Index: the Case of Argon Maryam Tarazkar, Dmitri Romanov, Robert Levis Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:30AM - 11:42AM		H6.00006: Accelerating neutral atoms on a Table top Krishnamurthy M, Rajeev Rajendran, Madhu Trivikram T, Rishad KPM, Narayanan V, Krishnakumar E Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:42AM - 11:54AM		H6.00007: On the validity of the paraxial approximation for electron acceleration with radially polarized laser beams Vincent Marceau, Charles Varin, Michel Pich\'e Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:54AM - 12:06PM		H6.00008: Resonantly enhanced electron-positron pair production in ultra-intense laser-matter interaction Francois Fillion-Gourdeai, Emmanuel Lorin, Andre Bandrauk Preview Abstract

Session H7: Invited Session: DAMOP Thesis Prize

Chair: David Hall, Amherst College
Room: 303

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:30AM - 11:00AM		H7.00001: Investigations of Memory, Entanglement, and Long-Range Interactions Using Ultra-Cold Atoms Invited Speaker: Yaroslav Dudin Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:00AM - 11:30AM		H7.00002: Photonic Quantum Computing Invited Speaker: Stefanie Barz Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 11:30AM - 12:00PM		H7.00003: Artificial Gauge Fields for Ultracold Neutral Atoms Invited Speaker: Karina Jimenez-Garcia Preview Abstract
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:00PM - 12:30PM		H7.00004: Quantum simulation of many-body physics with neutral atoms, molecules, and ions Invited Speaker: Michael Foss-Feig Preview Abstract